Wooden heel



Feb. 10, 1931. P. T. GABRIEL 1,791,925

WOODEN HEEL Filed Dec. 6-, 1928 INVEN TOR.

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woonEN HEEL Application filed December 6, 1928. Serial No. 324,105.

This invention relates to an improvement in wooden heels, and has for an object the 'provision of a construction whereby wooden heels of the so-called Cuban type may have their height increased appreciably in excess of that now practicable, without spoiling the lines thereo Prior to this invention the height of Cuban heels has been limited owing tothe tendency the present invention' overcomes this defect of the heel to separate from the shoe, but

in a simple manner, and as mentioned above without destroying or altering in any way-the lines of the heel. 1

Briefly I provide a construction in which the upper face of the heel isextended for wardly so as to overhang the heel breast, this 2;and

forwardly extending portion of the heel top, however, being out back from the heel sides so that when the heel is in place upon a shoe the overhang or lip is invisible. In this way I have all the advantages of a forward extension on the heel overhanging the heel breast for preventing separation of the heel from the shoe without in any way altering the lines or appearance of the heel when in use, this extension or projection of or from the heel permitting of the heel height being increased.

In the drawings accompanying this application, I

Fig. 1 shows a shoe with my improved heel applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the bee itself; Fig. 3 isa section on the line 33 of Fig.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the heel. Referring to the drawings in detail, my

of the body will obviously reduce the possibillty of accidental separation of the heel and shoe, and will'permit of the height of the heel being materially increased without affecting its style or lines.

The lip 3 has been described as an integral part of the wood of the heel itself. I may 'vary this construction, however, by inserting or setting a plate into the upper face of the heel projecting the same forwardly to overhang the heel breast 4, retaining the cutback feature at the sides above described. In other words in such construction I could very well set a plate into the upper face *of the heel, theplate being'narrower than the heel face and extending beyond the heel' breast.

- What I claim is 1-. A wooden heel having the top thereof at-the upper face of the heel extended forwardly to overhang the heel breast, such extension transversely of the heel being less in width than the upper end of the heel breast.

2. A wooden heel having an extension at its ,upper face overhanging the heel breast and of a .width substantially less than the upper end of the heel breast.

3. A wooden heel having a lip integral with the heel, said lip being at the upper face of the heel overhanging the breast and of a width transversely of the heel less than the upper end of the heel breast.

improved heel designated 1 in so far as shape and style are concerned is of the Cuban type.

The upper face 2 thereof is provided with a forwardly extending portion or lip 3 overhanging the'heel breast 4, this overhang or lip being cut back at the sides as indicated at 5 and 6 so that when theheel is applied to a shoeas shown in Fig. 1 the lip 3 being cut away or cut back at 5 and 6 from the sides of the heel is not visible to an observer. This lip or overhang by taking some of the weight 

